‘Crocodile Dundee’ Turns 30: Stars Were the Brangelina of Their Day

As news of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt‘s pending divorce continues to reverberate through the internet, we’ve picked up on something of a coincidence:

This Monday marks the 30th anniversary of the hit fish-out-of-water romantic comedy “Crocodile Dundee” — from which its two leading stars struck up a real-life romance, and, yes, also broke up a marriage in the process.

(For those who’ve been held captive in a basement for the last decade, Jolie and Pitt’s affair was widely reported to have begun on the set of 2005 romantic action hit “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” while he was still married to “Friends” star Jennifer Aniston.)

Paul Hogan, who famously delivered the film’s most famous line, “That’s not a knife … That’s a knife,” had five children with his wife Noelene Edwards by the time he started work on “Dundee” — which went on to become the No. 2 movie of 1986, grossing nearly $330 million worldwide.

Just as Pitt divorced Aniston, married Jolie and had children with her, Hogan divorced Edwards, married Kozlowski and had a child with her. Both Jolie and Kozlowski later filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.

While this sequence isn’t uncommon among Hollywood power couples, the facts are eerily similar considering the timing.

Like the Jolie-Pitts, Hogan and Kozlowski were the focus of intense media scrutiny when their affair started leaking to the press — especially in Australia, homeland of the man who played Michael J. “Crocodile” Dundee, where he was considered a national treasure.

The press was onto their affair by at least June 19, 1988, when a Sydney Morning Herald article covered a steamy transatlantic flight between the two “Dundee” stars as they set out to promote the sequel to their ’86 hit film. “They hardly left each other alone through the whole flight,” one passenger is quoted as saying.

The two starred together in four films in total, including the 1990 flop “Almost an Angel,” with Hogan playing a small-time crook who becomes convinced he has become an angel. They also headlined three “Dundee” movies, ending with 2001’s low-grossing followup “Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles.”

Hogan and Kozlowski had one son, Chance Hogan, who is now in his late teens.

The celebrity couple stayed married several years longer than Pitt and Jolie’s two years (assuming the divorce gets finalized) — 24 to be exact.

Divorced the same year Jolie and Pitt wed, in 2014, Hogan is now 76 years old and Kozlowski is 58 — and the two are thought to be amicably split in the time since the actress got a reported $6.2 million in their divorce settlement.

Pitt and Jolie will always have “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” and Hogan and Kozlowski will forever have “Crocodile Dundee.”

The Evolution of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, From 'Mr and Mrs Smith' to Divorce (Photos)

TheWrap takes a look at the 12-year history of the Hollywood power couple.

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2004: "Mr. and Mrs. Smith"

Jolie and Pitt meet on the set of Doug Liman's "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," where she said they "fell in love." At the time, Pitt was married to Jennifer Aniston and Jolie's divorce from Billy Bob Thornton had been finalized in 2003.

During promotional appearances for "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," Jolie and Pitt kept their distance. A week later, Aniston filed for divorce following their separation announcement in January.

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April 2005: Vacation with Maddox

Jolie gets photographed on vacation in Kenya with her son, Maddox.

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June 2005: W Magazine Spread

The two actors were featured in a W magazine spread titled "Domestic Bliss," which stirred up controversy given that the photos were taken a few months after Pitt's split from Aniston.

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July 2005: Jolie Adopts Zahara

The actress adopts Zahara from Ethiopia. According to Popsugar, Zahara was first adopted as a single parent but it was later revealed that Pitt filed to legally adopt both Zahara and Maddox and to officially change their last name to Jolie-Pitt.

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January 2006: Jolie Is Pregnant

Jolie confirms she is pregnant with Pitt's first biological child. Shiloh was born in May.

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December 2006: First Red Carpet

The couple walked the red carpet together for the first time as an official couple at the NYC premiere of Jolie's "The Good Shepherd."

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March 2007: Duo Adopt Pax

Jolie and Pitt adopt son Pax from Vietnam.

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May 2008: Couple Is Expecting Twins

At the Cannes Film Festival in May of 2008, it was revealed that the two were expecting twins.

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July 2008: Knox and Vivienne Are Born

The twins Knox and Vivienne were born in Nice, France. The couple and the twins were featured on the August cover of People magazine.

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January 2010: Divorce Rumors

British tabloid News of the World starts rumors that Pitt and Jolie were divorcing. They sued the paper as the publication declined to retract allegations. They won the lawsuit.